SSH Authenticate with a SecureString Password and Private Key

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ssh.AuthenticateSecPwPk method, which performs the same combined password/private-key authentication as AuthenticatePwPk but receives the username and password as SecureString objects. The third argument is the SshKey private key.

Note: The private-key path is relative to the application's current working directory. Supply the path to your own key file.

program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.SshKey,
  Chilkat.SecureString,
  Chilkat.Ssh;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  ssh: TSsh;
  sshPort: Integer;
  password: string;
  privKey: TSshKey;
  keyStr: string;
  secureLogin: TSecureString;
  securePassword: TSecureString;

begin
  success := False;

  //  Demonstrates the Ssh.AuthenticateSecPwPk method, which authenticates using SecureString login
  //  and password objects together with a private key.  The 1st argument is the username, the 2nd
  //  is the password, and the 3rd is an SshKey private key.

  ssh := TSsh.Create;

  //  Connect to the SSH server.  Port 22 is the usual SSH port.
  sshPort := 22;
  success := ssh.Connect('ssh.example.com',sshPort);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(ssh.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
  //  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
  password := 'mySshPassword';

  //  Load the SSH private key.  LoadText reads the file's text, which is then imported.
  privKey := TSshKey.Create;
  keyStr := privKey.LoadText('qa_data/id_rsa');
  if (privKey.LastMethodSuccess = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(privKey.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  success := privKey.FromOpenSshPrivateKey(keyStr);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(privKey.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Place the login and password into SecureString objects.
  secureLogin := TSecureString.Create;
  secureLogin.Append('mySshLogin');
  securePassword := TSecureString.Create;
  securePassword.Append(password);

  success := ssh.AuthenticateSecPwPk(secureLogin,securePassword,privKey);
  if (success = False) then
    begin
      WriteLn(ssh.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;
  WriteLn('Authenticated.');

  ssh.Disconnect();


  ssh.Free;
  privKey.Free;
  secureLogin.Free;
  securePassword.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.